{"id":20182,"date":"2021-07-30T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vinispi.com\/what-is-bud-break\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:49:00","slug":"what-is-bud-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinispi.com\/en\/what-is-bud-break\/","title":{"rendered":"What is bud break?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1587119329817{border-radius: 5px !important;}” el_class=”border-round”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ disable_custom_paddings_tablet=”true” disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1587718178266{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 80px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Contents<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]

\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text el_class=”block-text”]No, this isn’t what happens the day after a party when your head hurts and you painfully recall all the drinks you had during (and after)<\/span> dinner.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Budburst, or d\u00e9bourrage, is the time of year when vegetative and floral buds develop to make way for their budding (the down of young leaves and flowers buried in the bud)<\/span> and then their leaves and flowers.<\/span> Okay, but in concrete terms, what does budburst mean for a vine?<\/span><\/p>\n

When we look at the life cycle of a vine, we see that it is subdivided into two stages.<\/span> First, the winter cycle, from November to February, during which the vines rest.<\/span> Then comes the vegetative cycle, from March to October, during which the vine grows, develops its foliage and produces its fruit, the grape.<\/span> Budburst marks the beginning of the vegetative cycle and is its first stage.<\/span> It’s the moment when the buds on the vines open up, revealing their buds, the little fuzz that will later become the vine leaf.<\/span><\/p>\n

For budburst to take place, it is absolutely essential that the temperature is stable and not too low for a sufficient period, and that a sufficient level of daily light allows sufficient potential for photosynthesis.<\/span> When these conditions are met, the vines wake up, soak up water again and start circulating the sap that will later cause the buds to open.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason we’re so interested in this phase of the vine’s life cycle is that it has an impact on the grapes that will be harvested in the autumn.<\/span> If bud break is long, the different buds don’t open at the same time, so the grapes ripen at different times.<\/span> On the contrary, a short budburst will synchronize grape ripening, resulting in an optimal harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n

NB:<\/span> during the bud-break phase, the bud is much less protected from the cold (<\/span>-2\u00b0 maximum vs. -15\u00b0\/-20\u00b0<\/span> inside the bud)<\/span>.<\/span> During late spring frosts, the layer of ice surrounding the now exposed bud acts like a magnifying glass when exposed to the sun:<\/span> the bud is burnt and the annual harvest is compromised.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space]

#Good to know<\/a>#Grape varieties<\/a>#Wine<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space]Array[vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space]
10 \u20ac offerts sur votre premi\u00e8re commande !<\/strong>
Achetez vos vins en vente priv\u00e9e sur Twil. Inscrivez-vous gratuitement \u00e0 la newsletter pour \u00eatre inform\u00e9s en avant-premi\u00e8re.<\/div><\/div>
logo twil
<\/div>
<\/div>